Holder for receptacles



Dec. 18, 1928.

1,695;739 E. R. OWEN HOLDER FOR REGEPTACLES Filed May 5', 1925 Patented De1c.,; 18, I

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I This invention relates to improvements in w holders for receptacles and moreparticularly g to means for holdingann-ioil .canwonyan'autog mobile,one object of the inventionubeing to so construct a can holder that it shall be reade, r;

' ily attachable to a fixed part'on thea'utomobile, preferably to; thwBngiIIQ so as'to be enclosed therewith by the hood. 7

I I A further object is to so construct the hold;' I er that the can shall be held againstdi'splace ment and prevented from rattling," I r A further object is to construct a can holder in such mannerthat. it shall be. adaptable for the reception of cans of different shapes and sizes. 7 a YVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of [construction an'd oombinati0ns of parts as hereinafter described and pointed out maths a,

Glaims- 7 In the accompanying drawings,' Figure 1' is a perspective view of a holder embodying my improvements, and I iFigure 2 is asectional view. I

which may be conveniently of strap iron, and a depending yoke or supporting member for acan,- -said yoke or supporting member being'indicated at QandhavingitS upper end portions secured to the central portions of the respective side members of the horizontal frame 1. Onearrn of the centrally located.-

yoke or supporting member 2 is bent laterally at its upper end to provide a laterally project-v ing'arm or ear 3 having a perforation 4. This arm or ear may be inserted between the head of one of the bolts which secures the engine head in placeand said head,+said bolt pass ing through the hole in the ear or arm 3. One end of the strap forming the frame 1 may be provided with a lateral. projection 5 and an angle piece may be secured to the upper end of one of the yoke arms to provide a lateral projeotionfi parallel to the projection 5 and" through these lateral projections,a screw 7f is passed and provided with a thumb nut 8 to, be turned home against the projection5, by which means the frame may beclamped about a can. I prefer-however to employ clamping.

devices both in the horizontal frame and in Thus a clamping screw 9 isipassedithrough My improved holderjembodies a frame l, I I I I I I said openings being in the form of a slot for a the accommodation of a movably-mounted vice to receive a square can, the horizontal on the frame, said lateralvearsbeing removthe yoke tohold the can against displacement'g I I I I 81 and. nut 32 thereon.

ters-Pa'tent, is:

with a thumb'xturn'l'1-2, A similan: screw 13 having :head :14 Lat I itse'in'nen end; .ipa'sses v 5 :tthrough, one of-ithe VGbtlO Lljmembers -ofthem yoke and ISiDlfOYlClQ/Cl' withza thumbvzturnslefao and aclamping nut: l6. .Ifr desired,;%springr.n

clampsli to engagesidesrofa canimayrbez loi-ti.

cated] within rthe dependingryolre:poirtionssofri;

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The'frame landone of'the yoke arms are 65 so shaped that 1 they will accommodates a.

square I'can [or an elongatedcan; hen an elongated can is used, its bottominay. rest upon the bottom '18 of the yoke and one'ofits ends may be-engaged by the head on the clampm'g'screw 9 and holding arms attached to respective end members of the horizontal i Y frame and hav1ngl1ps19 at their upper ends, vmay be snappedvover upper edge portions of the can, Should a can be used whichis smallenthan' the distance between two ends of'the frame, a cross bar 2On'1ay be inserted between parallel sides ofthe frame 1 near I one of the end cross-bars of the latter said I I a cross-bar having studs at lts respective ends to enteropeningsin the frame sides one of holding'member 21 for said cross-bar. The holding member 21' is provided Vwith a threaded shank 22 which receives a thumb nut 23, whereby said holdingmember may be clamped in place. In order to adapt-the deaframe 1v is made with a lateral bulge 24 and one arm of the yoke may be bent to provide a shoulder 25 uponwhich theb ottom, of tho square oan inay rest. a e I Should it be founddesirable to seourea can (either elongated or square) "against pos sibility of vertical movement, a bail may be provided toextend over the top of the can andagainst two sides thereof. This bail may comprise an angle member26 havingits depending'arm hinged asat 27 to the frame 1' and a depending member 27 'hinged as at 28 tothe horizontal portion ofsaid anglemember, said' -depending member 27 being provided at its lowerendwith ajlateral. ear 29 disposed parallel with the lateral ear-30 ably secured .togeth'erf bya clamping screw Having fully described my invention wh at I claim as new and desire to secure by Letwe v i the frame, and clamping means carried by-- comprising a horizontal frame having an intermediate offset portion in one side, a yoke secured to and depending from the side members of the frame and provided With a hori-,,

zontal shoulder beloW the offset portion of the yoke and the frame to engage a side and an end of a can supported bythe yoke Within the frame.

2. A-holder of the character described comprising a horizontal. frame, a cross bar,

means for securing t-hecross bar Within the frame near and spaced from one end thereof means at the opposite end of the frame for clamping: a can against the cross bar, and a yoke secured to and'depending from the sides of the frame to support acan received with side of the frame, a terminal member hinged to theopposite endof sa d anglemember, and means for securing the free end of the terminal memberto the yoke and the frame.

In testimony whereof; I have signed this; speclfication.

EDWARD R; OWEN. 

